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X-Man, and puppy, inna bar

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[will_scarlett]

Will has some mulled wine and a pie, he wore himself out earlier and is still worried about Kate but gives a small smile to Sooraya,

"Eve, Sooraya."

(OOC: Kate's going through the start of CW, I can have Will not mention specifics or not, since I have no idea how you're dealing with it and don't wish to mess things up.)

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"Fair eve," she replies, smiling back. "How are things?"

((Sooraya's in from a bit after that, ICly, so no harm in mentions of CW if they happen.))

[will_scarlett]

He sits down tiredly and gives Najila a pat,

"'ard, Kate's come back an tis war, she e'en got captured. Canna do anythin' but 'old 'er tight an let 'er know I love 'er."

That's why his knuckles are scraped up so badly, he spent most of today outside hitting things.

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Sooraya winces. "That matters, though--even if it doesn't feel like enough. A reason to keep going can make a lot of difference.
Captured--is she hurt?"

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"She 'scaped an na too badly 'urt just bruised an scared. 'ate seein' 'er like that, she shouldna know the 'orror o'bein' 'eld."

He rubs at his wrist, his eyes full of pain and anger.

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"No. No one should. Do you know who or what she's up against?"
Najla looks up and then starts squirming out of Sooraya's arms, headed for Will.

[will_scarlett]

"Aye, the government, says tis 'gainst the law for 'er to try an be a 'ero protectin' folks 'less she tells 'em who she is."

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"Oh, for--" she bites back angry words. "The bloody Registration Act, you mean. Or one like it." There are times when she wonders if stupidity is infectious among politicians, though of course it's not that simple.

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"Aye, that, bloody chained 'er, she's free now, but god damn it, future's supposed to be better."

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"It will be," Sooraya replies, not wanting to go into details. "Just not easily. Seems to be part of history--whenever people change, or their ways of doing things, there's always got to be some fool in government who tries to hold back the tide...and gets buried by it, hopefully."

[will_scarlett]

"Oh aye, I know just I've been 'eld for bein' an outlaw, ne'er wished 'er to know that."

He pets Najila again, his eyes dark and lost in pain then sees Sooraya a little more,

"What's botherin' ye?"

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Sooraya debates telling him, and finally decides on truth but not details, again.
Quietly, "Things at home haven't been great by my time either. It's--
Kevin left, a couple of weeks ago. He won't be back."

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His gaze sharpens a bit, "Left, do ye know where 'e's gone?"

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"No," flatly. "Will--" searching for words.

Sooraya, somewhere in Meta!land, is making a serious attempt at biting her mun for the euphemisms: "Just tell him, if you're going to have me bring up the subject at all!"

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Now that's a look he knows too well, "'e's died? What 'appened?"

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She shuts her eyes, rubbing at them roughly. "We don't know. He'd been away from the Institute-- then--Frost, the director,
got a call to come...identify a young man's body. They're thinking it was his own doing. I--can only hope that they're wrong, about that much," she whispers.